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Marshall Jones
News is best when it's local, relevant, timely and interesting. That's our focus every day.
We are on the ground in Penticton, Vernon, Kelowna and Kamloops to bring you the stories that matter most.
Marshall may call West Kelowna home, but after 16 years in local news and 14 in the Okanagan, he knows better than to tell readers in other communities what is "news' to them. He relies on resident reporters to reflect their own community priorities and needs. As the newsroom leader, his job is making those reporters better, ensuring accuracy, fairness and meeting the highest standards of journalism.
UPDATE: Co-founder of Red Scorpions dead in Kamloops shooting
KAMLOOPS – The co-founder of the Red Scorpions Gang is dead after a targeted shooting…
Therapy dog mistaken for wolf, shot and killed near Whistler, B.C.
WHISTLER, B.C. – A woman says her four-year-old therapy dog has been shot and killed…
B.C. filmmakers face backlash, death threats over gender-based ticket pricing
VICTORIA – The filmmakers behind a comedic web series in British Columbia are facing fierce…
Neighbours, firefighters team up to take down Glenrosa grassfire
WEST KELOWNA – Fire season isn't over yet but it is getting better. Last night,…
B.C. home sales stayed strong in August but experts predict change is coming
VANCOUVER – The association representing realtors in British Columbia says home sales remained healthy across…
Home evacuated after suspicious fire on Gordon Drive
KELOWNA – Five people, including one child, had to find a new place to sleep…
Green factor explains disappearance of big-ticket promises in B.C. budget: James
VICTORIA – British Columbia's three-member Green party was a factor behind the absence of big-ticket…
UPDATE: Firefighters knock down blaze in the BX area of Vernon
VERNON – Firefighters fought a fire in the BX-Swan Lake area of Vernon last night.…
Andrew Peller to buy three B.C. wineries for combined price of $95 million
GRIMSBY, Ont. – Andrew Peller Ltd. (TSX:ADW.A, TSX:ADW.B) has signed deals to acquire three B.C.…
Marijuana consumers, advocates critical of Ontario’s plan to sell legal pot
TORONTO – Clients and advocates of storefront dispensaries say buying marijuana exclusively from stores regulated…
PM says no to decriminalizing drugs while B.C. addictions minister open to idea
VANCOUVER – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has closed the door on decriminalizing illicit drugs to…
Crews struggle with southeastern B.C. wildfires as conditions ease elsewhere
CRANBROOK, B.C. – The unprecedented, aggressive behaviour of three blazes in southeastern British Columbia has…
Police dog, public help police catch thieves
SALMON ARM – Police are thanking the public and a special police dog for capturing…
Elderly Australian tourist robbed in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS – A Kamloops man relieved an elderly tourist from Australia of her purse in…
Liberal tax plan demonizes Canadians to pay for government’s spending: Scheer
WINNIPEG – The federal Liberals are demonizing the country's small business owners to pay for…
Bank of Canada hikes interest rate to 1% as country’s powerful growth broadens
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada is once again raising its benchmark interest rate as…
Teens injured by vehicle at pit party near Salmon Arm
TAPPEN – One teen was arrested and two others injured by a vehicle he was…
Thick smoke returns to Kamloops, but no new fires
KAMLOOPS – Thick smoke moved in quickly to Kamloops again this evening, but thankfully it's…
UPDATE: Police confirm they are investigating a homicide in West Kelowna neighbourhood
WEST KELOWNA – Mounties have now confirmed a man found dead in a vehicle in…
Crafty bull eludes Kamloops police again
KAMLOOPS – Police finally found the trail of a missing 1,400 pound bull, on the…
Victim’s family vows to meet ‘personal’ challenges from murderer five years later
PENTICTON – The last you heard the name Keith Wiens was likely in 2013 when…
Officials urge people to avoid backcountry in southern B.C. to prevent wildfires
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Officials are asking people to stay out of B.C.'s backcountry and recreation…
B.C. tourism industry taking a significant hit due to wildfires
TwitterFacebookAugust 30, 2017 – 4:53 PMKAMLOOPS, B.C. – British Columbia's tourism industry is taking a…
Where all that ash in the Okanagan came from
Many residents in the Thompson-Okanagan are waking up to find ash everywhere, but fortunately no…